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Fontaine  Fox 


Second  Book 

I 


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THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA  HAS  DISCOVERED  A  VERY  SIMPLE  SYSTEM  FOR 
GETTING  ALL  THE  DISHES  OUT  TO  THE  KITCHEN  IN  ONE  TRIP 


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by 

Fontaine  Fox 


SECOND  BOOK 


HARPER  &  BROTHERS  PUBLISHERS 

NEW  YORK  AND  LONDON 


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TOMBOY  TAYLOR  CLAIMED  THAT  SHE  HAD  NOT  MADE  THE  BABY  CRY 
BECAUSE  HE  WAS  ALREADY  CRYING  FOR  A  DRINK  OF  WATER 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


THE  BIG  COLLEGES  ARENT  THE  ONLY  ONES  WHOSE  FOOTBALL 

SQUADS  HAVE  BEEN  REDUCED  BY  THE  WAR 


THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA  FIGURED  THAT  SHE  COULD  TAKE  THAT 
RUG  FROM  UNDER  *  DAD'S  CHAIR  WITHOUT  DISTURBING  HIM 


THE  LIEUTENANT  WHO  CALLED  ON  WILLIE'S  SISTER  CAME  VERY 
NEAR  HAVING  TO  GO  BACK  TO  TOWN  IN  DAD'S  DERBY 


THE  TERRIBLE-TEMPERED  MR.  BANG  GETS  COMFORTABLY  SETTLED 
WITH  HIS  PAPER  AND  FINDS  THAT  SOME  ONE  HAS  TAKEN 
THE  BULB  FROM  HIS  READING-LAMP. 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


TOMBOY  TAYLOR  DOESNT  SEEM  TO 
OIVE  A  RAP  WHERE  SHE  HIDES 


DAD'S  IRON  BED  IS  MUCH  EASIER  TO  READ  IN  SINCE 
THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA  REMODELED  IT 


rwrATNNNC  A  SATISFACTORY  DECISION  ON  SHOTS  CLOSE  TO  THE  LINE 
li TsOMCTWES  ™WFF1CULT  IN  TENNIS  WITHOUT  AN  UMPIRE 


GRANDMA,  THE  DEMON  CHAPERONE,  IS  CERTAIN  THAT 
CLARA'S  NEW  STRIPED  DRESS  IS  CAMOUFLAGE 


THE  RESOURCEFUL  SUBURBANITE  WHO  HAD  TO  WHEEL  THE  BABY  ON  THE 
AFTERNOON  HE  INTENDED  TO  RAKE  THE  LEAVES  IN  THE  YARD 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


ABOUT  ONCE  A  WEEK  THE  TERRIBLE-TEMPERED  MR.  BANG  HEAVES 
HIS  GOLF  CLUBS  INTO  THE  WATER  HAZARD  AFTER  HIS  BALL 


TOMBOY  TAYLOR  STARTED  THE  RACE  WITH  HER  LOADED 
AIR-GUN  IN  SUCH  A  MANNER  THAT  HER  LITTLE 
BROTHER  GOT  THE  JUMP  ON  HIS  OPPONENT 


MRS.  HENRY  PECK  STOPS  THE  CAR  TO  MAKE  HER  POOR 
HUSBAND  GET  THE  "MOST  BEAUTIFUL  CLUSTER  OF 
AUTUMN  LEAVES  SHE  EVER  LAID  EYES  ON" 


ANY  SUNDAY  THAT  JONES,  OF  OUR  BLOCK,  TRIES  TO  SNEAK  AWAY 
BEFORE  EXPLAINING  THE  COMIC  SUPPLEMENT  TO  HIS  KIDS 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


TORTURING  A  YOUNG  MAN  WHO  JUST  TEN  MINUTES  AGO  PUT 
ON  HIS  FIRST  PAIR  OF  LONG  TROUSERS 


THANKS  TO  THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA,  BOTH  UNCLE  PELEG 
AND  BABY  HAD  A  FINE  VIEW  OF  THE  PARADE 


WHEN  THE  TERRIBLE-TEMPERED  MR.  BANG  WANTS  TO  PUT  NO 
CLEAN  UNDERWEAR  HE  PUTS  ON  CLEAN  UNDERWEAR 


ONE  OF  THE  WORST  -  PUNS  VERNON  McNUTT 

EVER  MADE 


TOMBOY  TAYLOR'S  MOTHER  GOES  TO  A  REST-CURE 
AT  LEAST  TWICE  A  YEAR 


THE  TONNERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


WHY  CANT  A  BUILDING  CONTRACTOR  ALWAYS  LEAVE 
HIS  SAND  AND  LUMBER  JUST  LIKE  THIS? 


THE  SWEATER  WHICH  SISTER  SUSIE  KNIT  FOR  THE  RED  CROSS 
SHRANK  ALMOST  TO  NOTHING  WHEN  SHE  WASHED  IT 


THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA  USUALLY  PULLS  DAD  AND 
THE  BABY  BACK  UP  THE  HILL  WHEN  COASTING, 
BUT  THEY  LOST  THE  ROPE  OFF  THE  SLED 


WHAT'S  THE  USE  OF  HAVING  A  TANK  IF  YOU  CAN'T  PUSH  OVER  TREES 

AND  THINGS  THE  WAY  A  REGULAR  ONE  DOES? 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


TOMBOY  TAYLOR  HAD  A  FINE  TIME  AT  DANCING-SCHOOL 
LAST  WEEK  TRIPPING  UP  EVERY  LITTLE  BOY 
THE  TEACHER  MADE  DANCE  WITH  HER 


THE  PATHETIC  FIGURE:  THE  KID  WHOSE  MA  REFUSED  TO  LET  HIM 
BURN  THE  LEAVES  AFTER  HE  RAKED  'EM  AND  EVERYTHING 


THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA  CERTAINLY  PROVED  HERSELF 
A  HERO  THE  DAY  LITTLE  WILLIE  SMITH  CRAWLED 
UNDER  THE  BACK  SHED  AND  GOT  STUCK 


IT  WAS  CERTAINLY  FOOLISH  OF  "SISSY"  JOHNSON  TO  LET  THE  GANG 
SEE  HIM  WEARING  THAT  REGULAR  OFFICER'S  CAP 


THE  POOR  CRUMB  WHO  BROUGHT  THE  SONG-BIRD 
OUT  IN  THAT  SMOKING-CAR  ON  THE  5.15 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


THE  TERRIBLE-TEMPERED  MR.  BANG  MISSED  THE  TRAIN 
AGAIN  BECAUSE  HIS  WATCH  WAS  SLOW 


THERE  NEVER  WAS  A  TRUNK  THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA  COULDN'T 
CLOSE  IF  THEY  LET  HER  GO  AT  IT  THE  RIGHT  WAY 


TOMBOY  TAYLOR'S  MA  DOESN'T  APPRECIATE  THE  FACT  THAT 
HER  DAUGHTER  IS  THE  ONLY  ONE  ON  THE 
BLOCK  WHO  CAN  DO  THAT  STUNT 


ACCOUNTING  FOR  THE  MYSTERIOUS  DISAPPEARANCE  OF  EVERY 
ONE  OF  THE  BANANA-MAN'S  PAPER  BAGS 


IT  CERTAINLY  WAS  LUCKY  THAT  MAN  CAME  ALONG  WITH  A  SPADE 
WHEN  FATHER  SIMPLY  HAD  TO  GET  UNDER  THE  CAR 


CAR    WOUUD    MAKE  A  FINE  WINDSHIELD. 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


PATHETIC  FIGURES:  THE  POOR  CHUMP  WHO  CALLED  ON  A 
GIRL  OUT  IN  THE  SUBURBS  AND  HAD  TO  SPEND 
THE  NIGHT  ON  THE  LIVING-ROOM  COUCH 


THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA  CERTAINLY  MADE  A  MESS  OF  THAT 
BRIDGE  RAIL,  BUT  SHE  SAVED  THE  BABY'S  NEW 
STRAW  HAT  FROM  FLOATING  OUT  TO  SEA 


NOT  HAVING  ASKED  FOR  IT  WHEN  HE  PAID  HIS  FARE,  THE 
TERRIBLE-TEMPERED  MR.  BANG  HAD  SOME  DIFFICULTY 
MAKING  THE  CONDUCTOR  GIVE  HIM  A  TRANSFER 


RIDING  WITH  HER  DAD  ON  HIS  NEW  MOTORCYCLE,  TOMBOY  TAYLOR 
DECIDES  TO  SHOW  OFF  WHILE  PASSING  HER  OWN  HOUSE 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


ADDITIONAL  HORROR  OF  WAR 


THE  STATION  AGENT  TOLD  THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA  HE 
COULDN'T  CHECK  HER  TRUNK  ON  THE  7.34  AND 
ALL  SHE  COULD  CARRY  WAS  HAND-LUGGAGE 


"EXTRA!"  UNITED  STATES  TRANSPORT  CAPTURED 


VERNON  McNUTT  NEVER  LOSES  HIS  SENSE  OF 
HUMOR,  SUCH  AS  IT  IS 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


TOMBOY  TAYLOR  DISCOVERS  A  BETTER  USE  FOR  THE 
HAMMOCK  THAN  JUST  SWINGING  IN  IT 


NO  ONE  SEEMED  TO  BE  ABLE  TO  TELL  THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA 
WHAT  TIME  IT  WAS  BY  THAT  SUN-DIAL  IN  THE  PARK 


THE  TERRIBLE  PUNISHMENT  OF  WILLIE  WHO  WAS  CAUGHT 
CLIMBING  THROUGH  THE  TRANSOM  INTO  THE  ROOM 
WHERE  THE  X-MAS  PRESENTS  WERE  LOCKED 


THERE  WAS  CONSIDERABLE  EXCITEMENT  IN  TOONERVILLE  YESTERDAY 
WHEN  AUNT  EPPIE  HOGG,  THE  FATTEST  WOMAN  IN  THREE  COUN- 
TIES, TRIED  TO  CROSS  THAT  BRIDGE  OVER  THE  CREEK 


MA  CAME  HOME  JUST  IN  TIME  TO  BREAK  UP  THE 
BEST  GAME  THE  KIDS  HAD  INVENTED 


? 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


THE  TERRIBLE-TEMPERED  MR.  BANG  IS  THE  LAST  PERSON 
IN  THE  WORLD  ON  WHOSE  CHEST  TO  PLACE 
A  LEAKY  HOT-WATER  BOTTLE 


IT  WAS  VERY  EASY  FOR  THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA  TO 
FIX  THE  TABLE  SO  IT  WOULD  BE  LEVEL 


THE  SOLDIERS  OPERATING  THE  TANK  MADE  A  BIG 
MISTAKE  IN  RUNNING  IT  BY  TOMBOY  TAYLOR 
WHILE  SHE  WAS  SPRINKLING  THE  LAWN 


A  SPECIAL  REAR-GUARD  WILL  UNDOUBTEDLY  HAVE  TO  BE 
APPOINTED  FOR  THE  NEW  MILITARY  SOUP-KITCHEN 


One  of  the  front 
vy/heeus  came  off  ust  week, 
and    was  1-ost  in   hick's  river 

BUT    THE    SKIPPER    GOT    THE  CAK 
BACK      TO     TOWN      BY    MAKING-  ALL 
THE     PASSENGERS    SHIFT  OVER. 
To    ONE  SIDE. 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


DAD  OUGHT  TO  BE  ABLE  TO  GET  SOME  SORT  OF  A  PATENT 
ON  HIS  LATEST  DEVICE  FOR  AMUSING  THE  BABY 


ANY  ONE  WHO  SHOVES  A  SPADE  IN  THE  GROUND 
AS  FAR  AS  THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA  SHOULD 
HAVE  ONE  WITH  A  SOLID  IRON  HANDLE 


THE  TERRIBLE-TEMPERED  MR.  BANG  HAD  TO  PLAY  A  36-HOLE 
MATCH  WITH  THE  MAN  WHO  ALWAYS  TAKES  AT  LEAST 
FIVE  PRACTICE  SWINGS  BEFORE  EACH  SHOT 


JIMMY,  IN  CHARGE  OF  HIS  LITTLE  BROTHER,  DECIDES  THAT  THE 
KID  MIGHT  JUST  AS  WELL  BE  PLACED  WHERE  HE  COULD 
STOP  A  BALL  FROM  ROLLING  IN  THE  SEWER 


TOMBOY  TAYLOR  HAD  A  PLAN  TO  HELP 
HER  DAD  WITH  THE  GARDEN 


The  trolley  failed  to 

MAKE  THE  7*2  YESTERDAY  BECAUSE 

THE  skipper  lost  the  last  suspender  button 

FROM  THE  REAR  OF  HIS  TROUSERS. 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


DAD  HAS  INVENTED  A  NEW  GAME  WHICH  ALLOWS  HIM  TO  WORK 
IN  THE  GARDEN  AND  AT  THE  SAME  TIME  KEEP  WILLIE 

IN  SIGHT  AND  OUT  OF  MISCHIEF 


ONE  OF  LITTLE  WILLIE'S  BEST  IDEAS  LAST  WEEK  WAS  TO  BECOME 
WHAT  YOU  MIGHT  CALL  AN  AMATEUR  STREET-SWEEPER 


THE  TERRIBLE-TEMPERED  MR.  BANG  WHOSE  GARDEN  WAS 
A  FAILURE,  GETS  TIRED  OF  HAVING  THE  MAN  NEXT 
DOOR  SHOWING  WHAT  HE  HAS  RAISED 


JONES  PICKED  A  GOOD  DAY  TO  BE  BRINGING  HOME 
THAT  BIG  CUT-GLASS  LAMP  FOR  HIS  WIFE 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


TOMBOY  TAYLOR  GAVE  A  PERFECTLY  GOOD  REASON  FOR  TYING  THAT 
PACK  OF  FIRE-CRACKERS  TO  THE  YOUNG  LIEUTENANT'S  SPUR 


A  CHILD  WITH  A  NURSE  AS  STRONG  AS  THE  POWERFUL  KATRINKA 
DOESN'T  HAVE  TO  HAVE  A  MOTOR-BOAT  TO  PULL  HIS  AQUAPLANE 


IT'S  A  VERY  HARD  PROPOSITION  FOR  A  STRANGER 
TO  BEAT  UNCLE  BEN  SIMMONS  AT  CHECKERS 


PATHETIC  FIGURES:  THE  KID  WHO  SAW  THE  GROCERYMAN  GOING 
INTO  HIS  HOUSE  WITH  AN  ENORMOUS  WATERMELON 


GRANDMA,  THE  DEMON  CHAPERONE,  WAS  RIGHT  ON 
THE  JOB  WHEN  CLARA  STARTED  OUT  WITH  THAT 
YOUNG  MILLIONAIRE  SHE  HAD  JUST  MET 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


PUZZLE:  WHAT  DID  THE  TERRIBLE-TEMPERED  MR.  BANG 
DO  WITH  THE  THIRD  AND  LAST  PEACH  WHEN 
ALL  THREE  HE  BOUGHT  WERE  ROTTEN? 


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oo!  Jimmy!  HORRY 
up!  Tomboy  Taylor's 
goma  dive  in  wit  aul 


THIS  WAS  THE  DAY  TOMBOY  TAYLOR'S  MOTHER  DROPPED  THE 
JAR  OF  JELLY  SHE  WAS  TAKING  TO  A  SICK  FRIEND 


THE  SERVICE  FLAG  ENABLED  THE  LEADER  OF  THE  STREET  BAND 
TO  EXPLAIN  WHY  HE  WAS  AROUND  PLAYING  ALONE 


THE  TELEPHONE  COMPANY  HAS  OFTEN  BEEN  CUSSED  OUT,  BUT 
ON  THIS  OCCASION  EVERY  RECORD  WAS  SHATTERED 


^  TXE   SKIPPER  DOESNT  MIND 

~      A   TIC  OR  SO  MISSING  HERE  AMD 
THERE    BUT   BY  GEORGE   FOUR  OR  FIVE  IS 
A   DIFFERENT  MATTER. 


THE  TOONERVILLE  TROLLEY  THAT 
MEETS  ALL  THE  TRAINS 


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